Published 12:00 am, Friday, February 13, 2009

A lawsuit concerning ownership of the Southeast Texas Mustangs still is moving forward, but the target of the suit, co-owner Dr. Jordan Maswoswe, has agreed to the terms of an injunction filed early this month.

Co-owners Joseph Nelson and Jason Apodaca filed suit against Maswoswe, claiming that he refused to abide by an agreement to sell his share of the team to Nelson and had threatened to sabotage the team on the afternoon of Feb. 4.

The lawsuit alleges that Maswoswe threatened to terminate coach Steve Tucker and certain assistant coaches and to bring in a general manager from out of town. It also claims that Maswoswe, whose team the McAllen Monitor reported owes $70,000 to the city of McAllen, threatened to "give certain third parties an interest in the Mustangs in lieu of monies they may be owed."

Apodaca told The Enterprise Friday that the terms of the injunction, which prohibit any of these actions from taking place, were agreed to and the team's business will carry on as usual while the ownership dispute is resolved.

The injunction also prohibits Maswoswe from modifying any contracts between the basketball team and Ford Park Event Center or the American Basketball Association. The team is under a three-year contract with SMG World, the firm hired by the county to manage the event center.

A temporary injunction had been granted last week in 136th District Court enforcing these conditions. The trio was set to meet Friday for a hearing to determine if the injunction should be extended, but the meeting was scrubbed after an agreement was reached.

"Basically an agreement was made, Dr. Jordan (Maswoswe) signed off on the injunction," Apodaca said.

The Enterprise was unable to reach Maswoswe or his attorney for comment.